Synchronizing Hardware In Ableton Live 9

In this article from ask.audio, we receive an in-depth walkthrough into how hardware, such as synthesizers or external effect units, can be synchronized with Ableton Live. Whether you use Live or not, these concepts are still applicable to other DAW’s.

While this process may seem a tad daunting at first, there are incredible benefits to being able to use a tangible piece of gear with an Abelton Live session. Especially in a live environment, it would be much more entertaining and fun to tweak knobs an an actual synth, as opposed to mapping MIDI rotary knobs to soft synths. Latency can also be an issue…

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